I was bored and peeking through some videos and found this.

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that TL ran like a civic... 15.6 WTF

 

I was thinking maybe it was Ryan before boost

 

That was pretty slow on the TLs part...

 

but that truck is crazy fast too

 

The truck ran 12.3. There is no way the TL (I assume it was sotck) can beat that time !!!

 

Platano, that video was recorded and posted on Streetfire by yours truly.

 

lol..who was the horrible driver? Did you ask him what the hell happened??

 

https://acurazine.com/forums/ramblings-12/anyone-have-use-dvr-survelliance-system-150764/

 

^ I love it when the guy kept on insisting the Camry is faster

It's a freaking camry for god sakes.

 

I have owned two 07 Camrys and the fact is the Camry is way faster than our TL. It pulls extremly hard, much harder than my TL or even the RL did. But its reliability sucked. Toyota bought both of them back.

Don't knock it till you have driven one.

 

^ you sir also missed my point

 

Back on topic, the few stock TLs I have seen at the track were 5AT and all ran times similar to that of the 2G TL-P. As far as driver error goes, there is little that can go wrong when driving an automatic. (And for the drag racing novices here, RT has no bearing on ET.)

 

That is not true. There are a number of things can go wrong. No holding the steering wheel straight when the car launches.... for instance... wheel hops, tilting left or right... adjusting it...

that shaves a good second off there...
When my car was stock, I ran a 14.7, that's hell better than 15.6

 

Umm, I own an 02 Nissan Maxima.....which puts down MUCH more off the line torque than any stock TL. (Hence, my 2.169 sec 60' foot time pre-mods.) As such, my car (along with the I35 and Altima V6) epitomize the "circumstances" illustrated in your post far more than the 3G TL 5AT.

I have driven several models of both the 2G and 3G TL and both launch easily and with little fanfare.

 

Dunno but my TL hangs with my buddys G35 Coupe on a roll. I actually pulled from him on the highway several times and he has a 6mt.

I was surprised myself.

 

I agree that TL has a better performance showing from a roll and at highway speeds. (Although I am certain that a well driven G 6MT should be able to make short work of the TL 5AT.)

When I drove the TL 5AT, I felt that it had a VERY respectable midrange. It was just the off the line performance that I did not like.

That said, I may need to rent a TL and bring it to the track myself just to see what I can post.